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Observing America [electronic resource] : the commentary of Br itish visitors to the United States, 1890-1950 / Robert P. Frankel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in American thought and culture | Studies in American thought and culture | ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Madison, Wisc. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007.Description: xvi, 318 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources:
Contents:
The plight of the cities : W.T. Stead and 1890s urban America -- The bonds of blood : W.T. Stead's vision of Anglo-American unity at the tu rn of the century -- The promise of America : H.G. Wells and the progre ssive era -- The global stage : H.G. Wells on America's emergence in th e First World War -- Main street America : G.K. Chesterton on the cultu re of the United States in the 1920s -- The new deals : Harold Laski, H .G. Wells, and Roosevelt's America vs. Stalin's Russia -- The businessm an's America : Harold Laski's view of the United States in the 1940s -- Conclusion : lost republic, lost tradition.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The plight of the cities : W.T. Stead and 1890s urban America -- The bonds of blood : W.T. Stead's vision of Anglo-American unity at the tu rn of the century -- The promise of America : H.G. Wells and the progre ssive era -- The global stage : H.G. Wells on America's emergence in th e First World War -- Main street America : G.K. Chesterton on the cultu re of the United States in the 1920s -- The new deals : Harold Laski, H .G. Wells, and Roosevelt's America vs. Stalin's Russia -- The businessm an's America : Harold Laski's view of the United States in the 1940s -- Conclusion : lost republic, lost tradition.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.

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